7th Grade

Why do people modify their environment?

Students learn how geographic change impacts people and their way of life. Students study how the Aztec and Inca of Latin America modified their geography to create a stable political and economic system. Students evaluate how Latin American nations today continue to modify their environments with positive and negative consequences.

How is a political system impacted when a society changes?

Students learn how the source of power in a political system influences how a nation is governed. By studying the changing political systems of Europe from feudalism to the emergence of nation-states, students learn how the source of power in the modern age became centralized and dependent on a growing middle class.

How is society impacted when diverse cultures interact?

Students explore the concept of culture and study how interaction among African Kingdoms with surrounding countries and continents resulted in cultural diffusion. The cultural, economic, social and political change in each kingdom was either accepted or resisted by their society.

How does globalization impact the world?

Students learn how globalization in the past and today impacts economic, political and social systems. Students study how economic, social and political changes inside Europe led to exploration and colonization of Africa and the Americas in order to increase wealth and power.